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((Short description|American country musician (1923–2013)))
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((Infobox musical artist  <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name             = Slim Whitman
| image            = Slim Whitman 1968.JPG
| caption          = Whitman in 1968
| image_size       = 
| background       = solo_singer
| birth_name       = Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr.
| alias            = O. D. Whitman <br/>The Smilin' Starduster
| birth_date       = ((Birth date|1923|01|20))
| birth_place      = [[Oak Park (Tampa)|Oak Park]], [[Tampa, Florida]], U.S.
| death_date       = ((Death date and age|2013|06|19|1923|01|20))
| death_place      = [[Orange Park, Florida]], U.S.
| instrument       = Guitar, vocals
| genre            = ((hlist|[[Country and Western music]]|[[folk music]]|[[country pop]]|[[Contemporary Christian music]]))
| occupation       = ((hlist|Singer|songwriter|musician))
| years_active     = Touring 1945–2003; recording 1948–1983, 2002
| label            = ((hlist|[[RCA Victor]]|[[Imperial Records|Imperial]]|[[London Records|London]]|[[United Artists Records|United Artists]]|[[Epic Records|Epic]]|[[Suffolk Records|Suffolk]]| [[Rangehood Records|Rangehood]]))
| associated_acts  = ((hlist|Byron Whitman|Virginia Lee|[[Harold Bradley (guitarist)|Harold Bradley]]|[[Elvis Presley]] (toured with)|[[Chet Atkins]]))
| website          = http://www.slimenet.com
))

'''Ottis Dewey "Slim" Whitman Jr.''' (January 20, 1923&nbsp;– June 19, 2013) was an American [[country music]] singer-songwriter and guitarist known for his [[yodeling]] abilities and his use of falsetto. Recorded figures show 70 million sales, during a career that spanned over seven decades, and consisted of a prolific output of over 100 albums and around 500 recorded songs, that not only consisted of country music, but also of contemporary gospel, Broadway show tunes, love songs and standards.<ref name=nytimes>((Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/arts/music/slim-whitman-yodeling-country-singer-with-a-regular-guy-image-dies-at-90.html |title=Slim Whitman, Yodeling Country Singer With a Regular-Guy Image, Dies at 90 |first=Douglas |last=Martin |date=June 19, 2013 |website=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=October 29, 2019 |archive-date=June 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609143720/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/arts/music/slim-whitman-yodeling-country-singer-with-a-regular-guy-image-dies-at-90.html |url-status=live ))</ref> In the 1950s, Whitman toured with [[Elvis Presley]] as the opening act.<ref>((cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-slimwhitman-idUSBRE95I14R20130619 |title=Legendary country singer Slim Whitman dead at 89 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=June 19, 2013 |access-date=June 20, 2013 |author=Reaney, Patricia |archive-date=March 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310233504/http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainment-us-slimwhitman-idUSBRE95I14R20130619 |url-status=live ))</ref>

In the 1990s and 2000s, a new generation was exposed to Whitman through his songs featured in the film ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'' His "[[Indian Love Call]]" (listened to by the elderly character played by veteran actress [[Sylvia Sidney]]) would kill the invading Martians by causing their heads to explode every time the record was played. This proves the key to defeating the otherwise seemingly invincible invaders. Whitman's rendition of "[[I Remember You (1941 song)|I Remember You]]"<ref name="bbcobit" /> was heard in [[Rob Zombie]]'s ''[[House of 1000 Corpses]]''.

==Biography==
((more citations needed|section|date=October 2022))
Ottis Dewey Whitman Jr.<ref>((Cite news |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2013/0619/Slim-Whitman-a-country-singer-had-a-distinctive-high-pitched-yodel |title=Slim Whitman, a country singer, had a distinctive high-pitched yodel |date=2013-06-19 |website=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] |access-date=2017-10-10 |archive-date=June 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628153014/https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2013/0619/Slim-Whitman-a-country-singer-had-a-distinctive-high-pitched-yodel |url-status=live ))</ref> was born in the [[Oak Park, Tampa, Florida|Oak Park]] neighborhood of Tampa, Florida on January 20, 1923,<ref name=guardianobit/><ref>Terry Spencer. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/slim-whitman-dead_n_3465762.html "Slim Whitman Dead: Country Singer Dies At Age 90"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105817/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/slim-whitman-dead_n_3465762.html |date=March 4, 2016 )), ''Huffington Post'', June 19, 2013.</ref><ref>((Cite web|url=https://swampie.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/slim-whitman-a-living-legend-on-the-first-coast/|title=Slim Whitman: A Living Legend on the First Coast|date=May 17, 2008|access-date=October 29, 2019|archive-date=October 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029213747/https://swampie.wordpress.com/2008/05/17/slim-whitman-a-living-legend-on-the-first-coast/|url-status=live))</ref> one of six siblings,((citation needed|date=February 2018)) born to Ottis Dewey Whitman (1896–1961) and Lucy Whitman (((nee)) Mahon; 1903–1987).

Growing up, he liked the country music of [[Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)|Jimmie Rodgers]] and the songs of [[Gene Autry]], but he did not embark on a musical career of his own until the end of World War II after he had served in the [[Pacific Ocean Areas (command)|South Pacific]] with the United States Navy. While aboard ship, he sang and entertained members on board. This resulted in the captain blocking his transfer to another ship—hence saving his life, as the other ship later sank with all hands lost. Whitman's early ambitions were to become either a boxer or a professional baseball player.

==Career==
((More citations needed|section|date=October 2022))

===Early career===
Whitman was a self-taught left-handed guitarist, although he was right-handed. He had lost almost all of the second finger on his left hand in an accident while working at a meat packing plant.<ref name="nyt">((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/arts/music/slim-whitman-yodeling-country-singer-with-a-regular-guy-image-dies-at-90.html?_r=1&|title=Slim Whitman, Yodeling Country Singer With a Regular-Guy Image, Dies at 90|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=June 22, 2013|author=Martin, Douglas|archive-date=October 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031113946/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/arts/music/slim-whitman-yodeling-country-singer-with-a-regular-guy-image-dies-at-90.html?_r=1&|url-status=live))</ref> He worked odd jobs at a Tampa shipyard while developing a musical career, eventually performing with bands such as the Variety Rhythm Boys and the [[Light Crust Doughboys]]. He was briefly nicknamed The Smiling Starduster after a stint with a group called The Stardusters. Whitman's first big break came when talent manager [[Colonel Tom Parker|"Colonel" Tom Parker]] heard him singing on the radio and offered to represent him.<ref name="nyt"/> After signing with [[RCA Records]],<ref name="nyt"/> he was billed as "the cowboy singer Slim Whitman", after Canadian singer [[Wilf Carter (musician)|Wilf Carter]], who was known in the United States as Montana Slim. Whitman released his first single in 1948, "[[I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky]]", complete with yodel. He toured and sang in a variety of venues, including the radio show ''[[Louisiana Hayride]]''.

Initially he was unable to make a living from music, and he kept a part-time job at a post office. That changed in the early 1950s after he recorded a version of the [[Bob Nolan]] hit "[[Love Song of the Waterfall]]", which made it into the country music top 10.<ref name="guardianobit"/> His next single, "[[Indian Love Call]]", taken from the light operetta ''[[Rose-Marie]]'', was even more successful, reaching number two in the country music charts and appearing in the US pop music chart's top ten.<ref name="guardianobit">((cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/19/slim-whitman-dies-89|title=Slim Whitman obituary|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=June 20, 2013|location=London|first=Tony|last=Russell|date=June 19, 2013|archive-date=February 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190217164218/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/19/slim-whitman-dies-89|url-status=live))</ref>

===Hit recordings===
A [[yodelling|yodeller]], Whitman avoided country music's "down on yer luck, buried in booze" songs, preferring instead to sing laid-back romantic melodies about simple life and love. Critics dubbed his style "countrypolitan", owing to its fusion of country music and a more sophisticated crooning vocal style.<ref name=telegraph>((cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10130704/Slim-Whitman.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10130704/Slim-Whitman.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live| title=Slim Whitman|work=Daily Telegraph|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=June 22, 2013|location=London))((cbignore))</ref> Although he recorded many country and western tunes, including hits "[[Tumbling Tumbleweeds]]", "[[Singing Hills]]", and "[[The Cattle Call]]", love and romance songs like "[[Serenade (song from Serenade)|Serenade]]", "Something Beautiful (to Remember)", and "[[Keep It a Secret]]" figured prominently in his repertoire.

In 1955, he would have a [[List of Number 1 singles from the 1950s (UK)|No. 1]] hit on the pop music charts in the United Kingdom with the [[Rose Marie (song)|theme song to the operetta ''Rose-Marie'']]. With nineteen weeks in the charts and eleven weeks at the top of the UK Singles Chart,<ref name="ukcharts">((cite web| url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/slim%20whitman/| title=Slim Whitman| publisher=Official UK Charts| access-date=June 20, 2013| archive-date=July 20, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720132110/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/_/slim%20whitman/| url-status=live))</ref> the song set a record that lasted for 36 years. In 1956 he became the first-ever country music singer to perform at the [[London Palladium]].<ref name=bbcobit/> Soon after, Whitman was invited to join the [[Grand Ole Opry]], and in 1957, along with other musical stars, he appeared in the film musical ''[[Jamboree (1957 film)|Jamboree]]''. Despite this exposure, he never achieved the level of stardom in the United States that he did in Britain, where he had a number of other hits during the 1950s.<ref name=ukcharts/>

Throughout the early 1970s, he continued to record and was a guest on [[Wolfman Jack]]'s television show ''[[The Midnight Special (television)|The Midnight Special]]''.<ref name=bbcobit/> At the time, Whitman's recording efforts were yielding only minor hits in the US. The mid-1970s were a successful time for Whitman in the [[UK Albums Chart]]. In 1976, the compilation album ''[[The Very Best of Slim Whitman]]'' was number one for six weeks, staying 17 weeks on the chart. Another number one album followed in 1977 with ''[[Red River Valley (album)|Red River Valley]]'': four weeks at number one and 14 weeks on the chart. Later the same year, his album ''[[Home on the Range (album)|Home on the Range]]'' made number 2 on the chart and accumulated a chart stay of 13 weeks.<ref name=ukcharts/><ref>((cite book|title=British Hit Singles & Albums|last=Roberts |first=David|year=2006|publisher=HIT Entertainment))</ref> He released "Ghost Riders in the Sky" album in 1978.<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slim-whitman-mn0000029334 Slim Whitman] allmusic Retrieved 08 November 2023</ref>

In 1979, Whitman produced a TV commercial to support Suffolk Marketing's release of a greatest hits compilation titled ''All My Best''.  ''Just for You'', also under the Suffolk umbrella, followed in 1980, with a commercial that said Whitman "was number one in England longer than [[Elvis Presley|Elvis]] and [[Beatles|The Beatles]]." ''The Best'' followed in 1982, with Whitman concluding his TV marketing with ''Best Loved Favorites'' in 1989 and ''20 Precious Memories'' in 1991. ''Twilight on the Trail'', his final release, appeared in 2010, 55 years after his first.<ref name="AM-Brenn-bio">((cite web |last1=Brennan |first1=Sandra |title=Slim Whitman Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slim-whitman-mn0000029334/biography |website=AllMusic |publisher=ALLMUSIC, NETAKTION LLC |access-date=July 24, 2022 |archive-date=July 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724021224/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/slim-whitman-mn0000029334/biography |url-status=live ))</ref>

In 1982, Whitman's ''20 Golden Greats'' was certified platinum in Australia.<ref>((cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/aNf84lX.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 453 – 28 February 1983 > Platinum Albums 1982 (Continued)|via=Imgur.com|access-date=December 26, 2022|archive-date=March 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326023830/https://i.imgur.com/aNf84lX.jpg|url-status=live))</ref>

===TV marketing===
The TV albums briefly made Whitman a household name in America for the first time in his career, resulting in everything from a first-time appearance on ''[[The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson]]'' to Whitman being parodied in a comic skit on [[Second City Television|SCTV]] with him (played by [[Joe Flaherty]]) starring in the Che-like male lead in an ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]''-like Broadway musical on the life of [[Indira Gandhi]]. More importantly, the TV albums gave him a brief resurgence in mainstream country music with new album releases on major labels and a few new singles on the country charts. During this time, he toured Europe and Australia with moderate success.

===Popularity in Europe===
Although once known as "America's Favorite Folk Singer", he was consistently more popular throughout Europe, and in particular the United Kingdom, than in his native America, especially with his covers of pop standards, film songs, love songs, folk tunes, and gospel hymns.

His 1955 hit single "[[Rose Marie (song)|Rose Marie]]" spent 11 weeks at #1 on the UK Singles Chart and held the [[Guinness World Record]] for the longest consecutive number of weeks at number one on the [[UK Singles Chart]] for 36 years until [[Bryan Adams]] broke the record in 1991 and was listed in [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]. In the U.S., his "[[Indian Love Call]]" (1952) and a reworking of the [[Doris Day]] hit "[[Secret Love (Doris Day song)|Secret Love]]" (1953) both reached No. 2 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' country chart.

Whitman had a string of top 10 hits from the mid-1960s and into the 1970s and became known to a new generation of fans through television marketing in the 1980s. Throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century, he continued to tour extensively around the world and after several years of non-studio recording, produced the album (his final recording) ''Twilight on the Trail'', released in 2010.

===Later recordings===
''Angeline'', Whitman's last album under contract, was released in 1984, after which he continued to tour. His last performance in the UK was at Norwich in October 2002 and in the U.S. in September or October 2003.

In 1988<ref name="Larkin1998 (A Dream Comes True, Magic Moments">((cite book | author = Colin Larkin | date = 1998 | title = The Virgin Encyclopedia of Country Music | publisher = Virgin | pages =  | isbn = 978-0-7535-0236-5 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=wi_aAAAAMAAJ&q=%22with+Byron+Whitman+Magic+Moments+(1990)%22 | access-date = March 19, 2023 | archive-date = March 26, 2023 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230326121349/https://books.google.com/books?id=wi_aAAAAMAAJ&q=%22with+Byron+Whitman+Magic+Moments+%281990%29%22 | url-status = live ))</ref> or 1990, a joint album with Whitman's son Byron, titled ''Magic Moments'', was released by EMI Australia.<ref name="Slim & Byron Whitman - Magic Moments - Discogs">((cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1149870-Slim-Byron-Whitman-Magic-Moments|title=Slim & Byron Whitman - Magic Moments|website=Discogs|access-date=2023-02-10|archive-date=February 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210163133/https://www.discogs.com/master/1149870-Slim-Byron-Whitman-Magic-Moments|url-status=live))</ref>

In 1998, he released another album with Byron, ''Traditional Country: The Legendary Slim Whitman with Son Byron Whitman''.<ref>((Cite web |date=2013-06-19 |title=Slim Whitman: One of the biggest-selling musicians in the history of |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/slim-whitman-one-of-the-biggestselling-musicians-in-the-history-of-country-and-western-8665780.html |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=The Independent |language=en))</ref>

In 2002 or 2003, Whitman effectively retired from the music business to care for his ailing wife Jerry. He only occasionally returned to the stage with one-week series of concerts in Las Vegas.<ref>waltnnashville.blogspot.com/2013/06/walts-music-city-beat-slim-whitmans.html</ref><ref name="independent.co.uk">((cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/slim-whitman-one-of-the-biggestselling-musicians-in-the-history-of-country-and-western-8665780.html | title=Slim Whitman: One of the biggest-selling musicians in the history of | website=[[Independent.co.uk]] | date=June 19, 2013 ))</ref> Jerry died in 2009.

In 2010, after eight years in production, Whitman released the album ''Twilight on the Trail''. He was 87 years old at the time of its release. The album featured western standards such as [[Gene Autry]]'s hit "[[Back in the Saddle Again]]" and the television theme song for ''[[The Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Show]]''.

''Twilight on the Trail'' was produced by his son Byron Whitman and featured many well-known session musicians, including long-time band member [[Harold Bradley (guitarist)|Harold Bradley]].<ref name="bbcobit" />

==Personal life ==
Whitman was married to Alma Geraldine "Jerry" Crist for 67 years, until her death in 2009. Jerry was born in Kansas, the daughter of church minister, A.D. Crist. The couple had two children, a daughter (Sharron, later Mrs. Beagle, born 1942), and a son (Byron Keith Whitman, born 1957).<ref>((cite news|title=Wife of Slim Whitman dies at 84|url=http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-02-18/story/wife_of_slim_whitman_dies_at_84|work=Jacksonville|access-date=June 19, 2013|archive-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912013405/http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2009-02-18/story/wife_of_slim_whitman_dies_at_84|url-status=live))</ref> Byron, a performer and music producer, has released a number of recordings and toured and recorded with his father on numerous occasions.<ref>((cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37270025/slim_whitman_has_last_yodel_fatherson/ | title=Slim Whitman has last yodel: Father-son act proves popular | newspaper=The Times | date=May 3, 1988 | page=32 ))</ref><ref name="independent.co.uk"/><ref>((cite web | url=https://archive.naplesnews.com/entertainment/music/slim-whitman-country-singer-who-won-new-fame-with-tv-sales-dies-at-90-ep-512707154-335307741.html/ | title=Slim Whitman, country singer who won new fame with TV sales, dies at 90 ))</ref><ref>((cite web | url=https://www.brethren.org/news/2013/remembering-slim-whitman-the/ | title=Remembering Slim Whitman, the Church's 'Mr. Songman.' – News | date=June 29, 2013 ))</ref>((better source needed|date=March 2023))

From 1957 until his death, Whitman lived at his estate, Woodpecker Paradise, in Middleburg, Florida.<ref>((Cite web|url=http://wikimapia.org/13773666/Slim-Whitman-s-Home-and-property-Woodpecker-Paradise|title=Slim Whitman's Home and property ("Woodpecker Paradise")|website=Wikimapia.org|access-date=October 29, 2019|archive-date=November 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116031327/http://wikimapia.org/13773666/Slim-Whitman-s-Home-and-property-Woodpecker-Paradise|url-status=live))</ref><ref>((cite news|url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/070598/dss_0705Plac.html|title=Many of the area's music landmarks no longer exist|newspaper=The Florida Times|date=July 5, 1998|access-date=August 17, 2012|archive-date=October 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009220559/http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/070598/dss_0705Plac.html|url-status=dead))</ref>  He was a longtime active member and deacon at Jacksonville Church of the Brethren.  A biography, “Mr. Songman: The Slim Whitman Story”, was written by Kenneth L. Gibble and published by Brethren Press in 1982.<ref>((Cite web|last=|title=Mr. Songman: The Slim Whitman Story|url=http://www.hillbilly-music.com/library/books/index.php?id=1378|url-status=live|access-date=2021-10-19|website=hillbilly-music.com|archive-date=October 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021031432/https://hillbilly-music.com/library/books/index.php?id=1378))</ref>

==False obituary and death==
On January 20, 2008, on what was, coincidentally, Whitman's 85th birthday, a [[premature obituary]] believed to have been started by an erroneous report was published by the ''Nashville Tennessean'' newspaper and later picked up virally on the newspaper's website.<ref name="FTU">((cite news|url=http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/012408/met_239455570.shtml|title=Singer says rumors that he is dead aren't true|newspaper=The Florida Times-Union|location=Jacksonville|date=January 24, 2008|first=Dana|last=Treen|access-date=January 24, 2008|archive-date=November 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116024502/http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/012408/met_239455570.shtml|url-status=live))</ref>

Slim Whitman died of heart failure<ref>Spencer, Terry (June 19, 2013). [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/slim-whitman-dead_n_3465762.html Slim Whitman Dead: Country Singer Dies At Age 90] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304105817/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/slim-whitman-dead_n_3465762.html |date=March 4, 2016 )). The Huffington Post. Retrieved June 19, 2013.</ref> on June 19, 2013, at age 90,  at Orange Park Medical Center in Orange Park, Florida.<ref name="fcnda">((cite news|title=Country singer Slim Whitman, 90, dies overnight|url=http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/breaking/article/317040/17/Country-singer-Slim-Whitman-90-dies-overnight|publisher=First Coast News|access-date=June 19, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/2013.06.21-060046/http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/breaking/article/317040/17/Country-singer-Slim-Whitman-90-dies-overnight|archive-date=June 21, 2013|df=mdy-all))</ref><ref>Bortzfield, Bill (June 19, 2013). [http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-06-19/story/local-country-star-slim-whitman-has-died Local country star Slim Whitman has died] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116035704/http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-06-19/story/local-country-star-slim-whitman-has-died |date=November 16, 2017 )). ''The Florida Times Union''. Retrieved June 19, 2013.</ref> He is buried in the Middleburg Methodist Church Cemetery in Middleburg, Florida, next to his wife Jerry.

==Legacy==
For his contribution to the recording industry, Slim Whitman was given the accolade of a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1709 Vine Street.<ref name="star">((cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/arts/music/slim-whitman-yodeling-country-singer-with-a-regular-guy-image-dies-at-90.html?_r=0|title=Slim Whitman, Yodeling Country Singer With a Regular-Guy Image, Dies at 90|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 20, 2013|first=Douglas|last=Martin|date=June 19, 2013|archive-date=November 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116134438/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/arts/music/slim-whitman-yodeling-country-singer-with-a-regular-guy-image-dies-at-90.html?_r=0|url-status=live))</ref>

[[George Harrison]] cited Whitman as an early influence: "The first person I ever saw playing a guitar was Slim Whitman, either a photo of him in a magazine or live on television. Guitars were definitely coming in."<ref>((cite book|last=Harrison|first=George|title=The Beatles Anthology|location=New York|publisher=Chronicle Books|year=2000|page=28))</ref> When a young [[Paul McCartney]] purchased his first guitar, the left-handed musician was unsure how to play an instrument that was manufactured and strung for a right-handed player. It was not until McCartney saw a picture of Whitman playing left-handed that he re-strung his guitar so that he too could play left-handed.<ref>((cite book|last=Miles|first=Barry|author-link=Barry Miles|title=Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now|year=1997|publisher=Henry Holt & Company|edition=1st Hardcover|isbn=978-0-8050-5248-0|url=https://archive.org/details/paulmccartneyman00mile_0 |url-access=registration|page=21))</ref><ref name="Larkin">Larkin, Colin (1993). ''The Guinness Who's Who of Country Music'': Slim Whitman entry. Guinness Publishing. ((ISBN|0-85112-726-6))</ref> American pop singer [[Michael Jackson]] cited Whitman as one of his ten favorite vocalists.<ref>((cite book|last1=Marsh|first1=Dave|first2= James|last2=Bernard|title=The New Book of Rock Lists|url=https://archive.org/details/newbookofrocklis00mars|url-access=registration|location=New York|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=1994|page=[https://archive.org/details/newbookofrocklis00mars/page/362 362]|isbn=9780671787004 ))</ref>

The 1996 film ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'' features Whitman's rendition of "[[Indian Love Call]]" as a weapon against Martian invaders (the song causes the Martians' heads to explode).<ref name="bbcobit">((cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22965155|title=Slim Whitman, US country singer, dies at 90|work=BBC News|date=June 20, 2013|access-date=June 20, 2013|archive-date=June 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190603113026/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22965155|url-status=live))</ref><ref>((cite news|url=http://jax-cdn.com/news/metro/2013-06-19/story/1923-2013-country-star-slim-whitman-middleburg-has-died|title=1923–2013: Country star Slim Whitman of Middleburg has died|work=Jacksonville|access-date=June 20, 2013|archive-date=November 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116042420/http://jax-cdn.com/news/metro/2013-06-19/story/1923-2013-country-star-slim-whitman-middleburg-has-died|url-status=dead))</ref> In 2003, [[Rob Zombie]] used Whitman's version of [[I Remember You (1941 song)|"I Remember You"]] in his movie directorial debut in ''[[House of 1000 Corpses]]''.<ref name=bbcobit/>

[[Daniel Johnston]] mentioned Whitman in his song "Wild West Virginia" on his 1981 album ''[[Songs of Pain]]''.

==Discography==
((main|Slim Whitman discography))

'''Studio albums'''
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* ''Slim Whitman Sings and Yodels'' (1954)
* ''America's Favorite Folk Artist'' (1954)
* ''Slim Whitman Favorites'' (1956)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.)) ''Country Hits, Volume 2''
* [[Slim Whitman Sings (1957 album)|''Slim Whitman Sings'']] (1957)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.)) ''Country Hits, Volume 1''
* [[Slim Whitman Sings (1958 album)|''Slim Whitman Sings'']] (1958)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.)) ''My Best to You''
* [[Slim Whitman Sings (1959 album)|''Slim Whitman Sings'']] (1959)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.)) ''Country Favorites''
* ''[[I'll Walk with God (album)|I'll Walk with God]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Slim Whitman Sings Million Record Hits]]'' (1960)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.)) ''The Song of the Old Waterwheel''
* ''Slim Whitman'' (1960)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.)) ''Slim Whitman's First Visit to Britain''<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|and)) ''I'll Never Stop Loving You''
* [[Just Call Me Lonesome (Slim Whitman album)|''Just Call Me Lonesome'']] (1961)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.)) ''Portrait''
* [[Once in a Lifetime (Slim Whitman album)|''Once in a Lifetime'']] (1961)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.)) ''Cool Water''
* ''[[Slim Whitman Sings Annie Laurie]]'' (1961)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.)) ''Sweeter than the Flowers''
* ''[[Forever (Slim Whitman album)|Forever]]'' (1962)
* [[Slim Whitman Sings (1962 album)|''Slim Whitman Sings'']] (1962)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.)) ''Anytime''
* ''[[Heart Songs & Love Songs]]'' (1962)
* ''[[I'm a Lonely Wanderer]]'' (1963)
* ''Yodeling'' (1963)
* ''[[Irish Songs the Slim Whitman Way]]'' (1963)
* ''All-Time Favorites''<!-- It is not a compilation! --> (1964)
* ''Country Songs / City Hits'' (1964)
* ''[[Love Song of the Waterfall (album)|Love Song of the Waterfall]]'' (1965)
* ''[[Reminiscing (Slim Whitman album)|Reminiscing]]'' (1965)
* [[More than Yesterday (More Country Songs & City Hits)|''More than Yesterday<br />(More Country Songs & City Hits)'']] (1965)
* ''[[God's Hand in Mine]]'' (1966)
* ''[[A Travelin' Man]]'' (1966)
* ''A Time for Love'' (1966)
* ''[[15th Anniversary Album]]'' (1967)
* ''[[Country Memories (Slim Whitman album)|Country Memories]]'' (1967)
* ''[[In Love the Whitman Way]]'' (1968)
* ''[[Happy Street]]'' (1968)
* ''Slim!'' (1969)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.))''Straight from the Heart''
* ''The Slim Whitman Christmas Album'' (1969)
* ''[[Tomorrow Never Comes (Slim Whitman album)|Tomorrow Never Comes]]'' (1970)
* [[Guess Who (Slim Whitman album)|''Guess Who'']] (1971)<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;((small|a.k.a.)) ''Snowbird''
* ''[[It's a Sin to Tell a Lie (album)|It's a Sin to Tell a Lie]]'' (1971)
* ''The Best of Slim Whitman''<!-- It is not a compilation! --> (1972)
* ''I'll See You When'' (1973)
* ''[[Happy Anniversary (album)|Happy Anniversary]]'' (1974)
* ''[[Everything Leads Back to You]]'' (1975)
* ''[[Red River Valley (album)|Red River Valley]]'' (1976)
* ''[[Home on the Range (album)|Home on the Range]]'' (1977)
* ''[[Ghost Riders in the Sky (Slim Whitman album)|Ghost Riders in the Sky]]'' (1978)
* ''Till We Meet Again'' (1980)
* ''[[Songs I Love to Sing (Slim Whitman album)|Songs I Love to Sing]]'' (1980)
* ''[[Christmas with Slim Whitman]]'' (1980)
* ''Mr. Songman'' (1981)
* ''I'll Be Home for Christmas'' (1981)
* ''Angeline'' (1984)
* ''Magic Moments'' <small>(with Byron Whitman)</small> (1988)
* ''Traditional Country'' <small>(with Byron Whitman)</small> (1998)
* ''Twilight on the Trail'' (2010)
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==References==
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==External links==
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* ((AllMusic|class=artist|id=p1869/biography))
* ((discogs artist|339129-Slim-Whitman))
* ((IMDb name|0926181))

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